This study aimed to examine the influence of different contexts (word-initial and word-final
phonemic contrasts) on the perception of the phonemic contrasts among Yemeni learners of …

The acquisition of Italian stop consonants by Mandarin Chinese-speaking learners has
hardly been investigated. This study was designed to fill this gap. To investigate Chinese …

In English, it is widely observed that vowels are longer before voiced consonants than
before voiceless ones such as English. However, in Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese …

The acquisition of Italian consonant sounds by Mandarin Chinese-speaking learners has
hardly been empirically investigated. This doctoral dissertation aims to fill this gap by …

This study examines the acoustic outputs in boundary coarticulation and attempts to explain
the native and nonnative production differences in relation to speech planning. English …

Native language identification is relevant in speech technology, second language learning,
forensic analysis and cross-cultural communication. Here we explore the contribution of …